****************************************************************************** Source: The Graphics, Visualization, & Usability (GVU) Center Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA 30332-0280 Copyright 1996 (Please refer to notice below) Georgia Tech Research Corporation Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0415 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED E-mail: www-survey@cc.gatech.edu Legend: Each question is one column in the dataset (except for checkbox questions which have multiple columns). The first row in the datasets is the header, and contains a code that represents each question. We call this code the 'FIELD NAME' (see below example). Another set of codes is used to represent the set of possible response choices. These response choices correspond to the value of the HTML Form. each row after the header represents one user's responses. Each user id assigned a unique id that is located in the 'who' field. Below is an example from the general.cb file. FIELD NAME: "inet_years" "inet_years" QUESTION: "How long have you been on the Internet (including using email, gopher, ftp, etc.)?" QUESTION TYPE: "radio" CODE & ANSWER: "under6" "Less than 6 months" CODE & ANSWER: "6_to_12" "6 to 12 months" CODE & ANSWER: "1_to_3" "1 to 3 years" CODE & ANSWER: "4_to_6" "4 to 6 years" CODE & ANSWER: "over_7" "7 years or more" DELIMITER: @@@ This indicates that the field name for the question is "inet_years", which was asked via a radio button. The response code "under6" corresponds to the "Less than 6 months" text (which is what the respondents who took the survey saw next to the radio button). If you have any questions about HTML encodings, please view the source code from the 'Questions' pages . Checkbox questions are encoded differently. Each response choice is a separate column in the dataset. The response code is appended to the field name with a '.' in between. A '1' is assigned if the user selected this response, otherwise a '0' is assigned. For example, the below question: "entry" "entry" "How did you find out about the GVU's Fifth WWW User Survey? \nPlease check all that apply." "checkbox" "page" "Followed URL from another Web page" "nntp" "Saw postings to WWW related newsgroups" "mail" "Received email from www-surveying mailing list" "friend" "Was told URL by friend" "magazine" "Read about it in a magazine" "paper" "Read about it in a newspaper" "memory" "Remembered to participate from last survey" "other" "Other Sources" @@@ results in the following field names: entry.page entry.nntp entry.mail entry.friend ... ****************************************************************************** Copyright 1996 Georgia Tech Research Corporation Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0415 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED This material may be modified, copied and redistributed, both within the recipient's organization and externally, subject to the following restrictions: (a) The recipient may not derive any income financial or monetary gain through the use of the information provided herein which is the property of the Georgia Tech Research Corporation (herein "GTRC"); (b) In any material based on this information, the recipient agrees to acknowledge GTRC and the GVU Center; (c) Any copies made of this material must be accompanied by the following copyright notice: "Copyright 1996 Georgia Tech Research Corporation. 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No oral or written information or advice given by GTRC, its dealers, distributors, agents, affiliates, developers, directors, officers or employees shall create a warranty or in any way increase the scope of this warranty. ****************************************************************************** "frequency_of_use" "frequency_of_use" "On average, how often do you use your WWW browser? \nBy this, we mean using your browser for a specific set of tasks or activities. \nWe do not mean how many times you launch your browser per day." "radio" "over_9" "More than 9 times/day " "5_to_8" "5 to 8 times/day " "1_to_4" "1 to 4 times/day " "few_time_week" "A few times a week " "once_a_week" "Once a week " "once_a_month" "Once a month " @@@ "hours_used" "hours_used" "On average, how many hours a week do you use your WWW browser?" "radio" "0_to_1" "0 to 1 hours/week " "2_to_4" "2 to 4 hours/week " "4_to_6" "4 to 6 hours/week " "7_to_9" "7 to 9 hours/week " "10_to_20" "10 to 20 hours/week " "over_20" "More than 20 hours/week " @@@ "problem" "problem" "What do you find to be the biggest problems in using the Web? \n(Please check all that apply.)" "checkbox" "lost" "Not being able to determine where I am (i.e., 'lost in hyperspace' problem) " "viz" "Not being able to visualize where I have been and where I can go " "organize" "Not being able to efficiently organize the pages & information I gather " "find" "Not being able to find a page I know is out there " "return" "Not being able to return to a page I once visited " "speed" "It takes too long to view/download pages " "cost" "It costs too much " @@@ "primary_use" "primary_use" "What are the primary uses of your WWW browser? \n(Please check all that apply.)" "checkbox" "academic_research" "Academic Research " "business_research" "Business Research " "browsing" "Browsing/Surfing " "education" "Educational " "shopping" "Shopping " "entertainment" "Entertainment " "work_business" "Work/Business " "other" "Other " @@@ "speed" "speed" "Which of the following connection speeds do you primarily use to connect\n to the Internet? (Round up if necessary.) If you access the Internet at home \nvia a commercial provider, choose the speed from you to your Internet provider." "radio" "under14k" "Less than 14.4 Kb/sec " "14k" "14.4 Kb/sec " "28k" "28.8 Kb/sec " "56k" "56 Kb/sec " "128k" "128 Kb/sec " "1m " "1 Mb/sec (T1) " "10m " "10 Mb/sec " "4m" "45 Mb/sec (T3) " "over45m" "Faster than 45 Mb/sec (e.g., FDDI)" "unsure" "Do not know" @@@ "find_browser" "find_browser" "Which browser do you expect to be using in 12 months?" "radio" "netscape" "Netscape Navigator" "spry" "Spry Mosaic" "aol" "Webcrawler (America Online)" "microsoft" "Internet Explorer (Microsoft)" "netcom" "Netcruiser" "psi" "PSI Pipeline" "other" "Other browser" @@@ "search_modes" "search_modes" "People browse the Web in many different ways. Please put a check against all\n of the following that accurately describe how you like \nto browse the Web." "checkbox" "hotlist" "Go to links from my Hotlist/Bookmark " "URL" "Type in the URL I want to go to " "Opportunistic" "Go from one link to another, page to page - that is, a happy-go-lucky browser" "Index" "Locate the URL through search pages - like Alta Vista, Lycos, etc. " "Metaindex" "Locate the URL thought Meta-Indexes - like Yahoo, McKinley, etc. " @@@ "sources" "sources" "How do you find out about WWW pages/sites? \n(Please check all that apply.)" "checkbox" "books" "Books" "friend" "Friends" "web" "Follow URLs from other Web pages" "search" "Internet searching services" "nntp" "Newsgroups" "magazine" "Magazines" "paper" "Newspapers " "sigs" "Signatures at end of email messages" "tv" "Television advertisements" "other" "Other Sources " @@@ "hotlist" "hotlist" "Approximately how many items does your Hotlist/Bookmark contain?" "radio" "dont_use" "I don't use Hotlists/Bookmarks" "no_clue" "I don't know" "1to10" "1 to 10 pages " "11to50" "11 to 50 pages " "51to100" "51 to 100 pages " "over100" "101 pages or more " @@@ "reason_save" "reason_save" "Why do you save/print WWW documents that you view? \n(Please check all that apply.)" "checkbox" "archive" "Archive documents" "fear" "Fear that document will no longer be available" "use" "Use the information in the document offline" "read" "Read document offline rather than online" "content" "Want to use content in other document(s)" "format" "Want to mimic format/HTML in other document(s)" "distribute" "Distribute to others not online" "other" "Other" @@@ "freq_save" "freq_save" "How frequently do you save or print WWW documents that you view?" "radio" "over_9" "More than 9 times/day " "5_to_8" "5 to 8 times/day " "1_to_4" "1 to 4 times/day " "few_time_week" "A few times a week " "once_a_week" "Once a week " "once_a_month" "Once a month " @@@ "bogus" "bogus" "Media Type Preferences \nWeb sites provide a variety of resources. Please indicate how much you \nlike/dislike a site which..." "banner" @@@ "search" "search" "enables keyword searches of document in its collection?" "popup" "Not Answered - 1 to 9 " "1 -- Dislike " "2 " "3 " "4 " "5 -- Neutral " "6 " "7 " "8 " "9 -- Like" @@@ "meta_indexes" "meta_indexes" "provides many links to other related Web sites (meta-indexes)?" "popup" "Not Answered - 1 to 9 " "1 -- Dislike " "2 " "3 " "4 " "5 -- Neutral " "6 " "7 " "8 " "9 -- Like" @@@ "movies" "movies" "relies heavily on videos/movies?" "popup" "Not Answered - 1 to 9 " "1 -- Dislike " "2 " "3 " "4 " "5 -- Neutral " "6 " "7 " "8 " "9 -- Like" @@@ "images" "images" "relies heavily on embedded images?" "popup" "Not Answered - 1 to 9 " "1 -- Dislike " "2 " "3 " "4 " "5 -- Neutral " "6 " "7 " "8 " "9 -- Like" @@@ "sounds" "sounds" "relies heavily on sound/audio files?" "popup" "Not Answered - 1 to 9 " "1 -- Dislike " "2 " "3 " "4 " "5 -- Neutral " "6 " "7 " "8 " "9 -- Like" @@@ "text" "text" "relies exclusively on text?" "popup" "Not Answered - 1 to 9 " "1 -- Dislike " "2 " "3 " "4 " "5 -- Neutral " "6 " "7 " "8 " "9 -- Like" @@@ "bogus2" "bogus" "Web Usage \nThe Web is a versatile tool. Please indicate how often you use the Web \nfor each of the following: " "banner" @@@ "replace" "replace" "instead of other/default Internet browsers (Gopher/FTP/etc.)?" "popup" "Not Answered" "Several times per day" "Once per day" "Several times per week " "Once per week" "Several times per month" "Once per month" "A few times " "Don't know" "Never" @@@ "newsgroups" "newsgroups" "to read network newsgroups (Usenet)?" "popup" "Not Answered" "Several times per day" "Once per day" "Several times per week " "Once per week" "Several times per month" "Once per month" "A few times " "Don't know" "Never" @@@ "weather" "weather" "to access weather information?" "popup" "Not Answered" "Several times per day" "Once per day" "Several times per week " "Once per week" "Several times per month" "Once per month" "A few times " "Don't know" "Never" @@@ "product" "product" "to access information about commercial products/services?" "popup" "Not Answered" "Several times per day" "Once per day" "Several times per week " "Once per week" "Several times per month" "Once per month" "A few times " "Don't know" "Never" @@@ "government" "government" "to access government documents?" "popup" "Not Answered" "Several times per day" "Once per day" "Several times per week " "Once per week" "Several times per month" "Once per month" "A few times " "Don't know" "Never" @@@ "reference" "reference" "to access reference materials?" "popup" "Not Answered" "Several times per day" "Once per day" "Several times per week " "Once per week" "Several times per month" "Once per month" "A few times " "Don't know" "Never" @@@ "research" "research" "to access research reports & projects?" "popup" "Not Answered" "Several times per day" "Once per day" "Several times per week " "Once per week" "Several times per month" "Once per month" "A few times " "Don't know" "Never" @@@ "economic" "economic" "access financial information?" "popup" "Not Answered" "Several times per day" "Once per day" "Several times per week " "Once per week" "Several times per month" "Once per month" "A few times " "Don't know" "Never" @@@ "enews" "enews" "to access online newspapers/magazines?" "popup" "Not Answered" "Several times per day" "Once per day" "Several times per week " "Once per week" "Several times per month" "Once per month" "A few times " "Don't know" "Never" @@@ "shopping" "shopping" "to go shopping?" "popup" "Not Answered" "Several times per day" "Once per day" "Several times per week " "Once per week" "Several times per month" "Once per month" "A few times " "Don't know" "Never" @@@ "tv" "tv" "instead of watching TV?" "popup" "Not Answered" "Several times per day" "Once per day" "Several times per week " "Once per week" "Several times per month" "Once per month" "A few times " "Don't know" "Never" @@@ "bogus3" "bogus" "Intended Use \nHow much do you plan on spending in the next 12 months on the \nfollowing items:" "banner" @@@ "find_access" "find_access" "On internet access" "radio" "not" "Rather Not Say!" "0" "none" "0-100" "under $100" "101-500" "$101 - $500" "501-999" "$501 - $999" "1000-4999" "$1000 - $4900" "5000+" "Over $5000" @@@ "find_pc" "find_pc" "On hardware & software" "radio" "not" "Rather Not Say!" "0" "none" "0-100" "under $100" "101-500" "$101 - $500" "501-999" "$501 - $999" "1000-4999" "$1000 - $4900" "5000+" "Over $5000" @@@ "find_content" "find_content" "On internet content" "radio" "not" "Rather Not Say!" "0" "none" "0-100" "under $100" "101-500" "$101 - $500" "501-999" "$501 - $999" "1000-4999" "$1000 - $4900" "5000+" "Over $5000" @@@ "find_sites" "find_sites" "Approximately how many Web sites have you visited in-depth since you began\n using the Web? (In-depth meaning more than just the home page.)" "text" 10 @@@ "find_favorite" "find_favorite" "What are your 5 favorite Web Sites? " "textarea" 60 5 @@@ "find_intra" "find_intra" "Is your company/organization currently utilizing Intranets (private networks\nbased on Internet standards and technology)?" "radio" "yes" "Yes" "no" "No" "dont+" "Don't know" "na" "Not applicable" @@@ "badre" "badre" "Which of the following technologies do you use to communicate with others?" "checkbox" "fax" "Fax" "email" "Email" "phone" "Phone (wired)" "wphone" "Phone (wireless)" "pagers" "Pagers" "vmail" "Voice mail" "smail" "Surface mail" "night" "Next day/Overnight mail" "other" "Other" "dont" "Don't know" @@@